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    Mrs. Louboutin    July 2010  

    Is anyone else feeling this way?

    Our invitations went out this past weekend.  At first I wanted to try to find a place to hand cancel them since we spent so much money on beautiful letterpress invitation suites, but in the end.  We had them addressed by a calligrapher and my mom put all the stamps on them.  I didn't even want to bother trying to find a post office and then go hand cancel them myself.

    I'm also so over wedding planning.  It's not that I don't care, I'm just so sick of it.  I'm so busy at work and we are about to leave for our first wedding of 8 this summer (all across the country, except for our own).  I've hired all of my vendors and am now at the point where I tell our florist when she has questions, you know what I want, I trust your judgement.... because I am just so tired of planning.

    Seriously, I'm over it.  I will never do any sort of vow renewal that entails this amount of planning and drama.  I also if (something were to happen to my FI), would never have a big wedding again.  No way. 

    I know its going to be a beautiful wedding and it will all be worth it, but I'm just sick of it.

    Does anyone else feel this way? 

    Oops I just noticed I posted this in Dress.  I meant for it to be in the general area.

     
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    kartz_710    July 10, 2010   Washington, DC

    I feel the same way!!!! I'm sooo looking forward to being done with it all. This is enough to make me never want to get married again.

     
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    Mrs. Louboutin    July 2010  

    Aww we are date twins!!  Hopefully these feelings end soon! 

     
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    goodart    June 5, 2010   Tn

    I feel this way and my wedding is in less than 5 weeks.  I still have a bunch to do but I would rather concentrate on our relationship then the wedding details.  I am over this and want to be done.

     
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    Champagne Wishes    May 22, 2010   Upstate New York

    You will get your second wind in 2-3 weeks!  Take a week or two and do nothing wedding.  Everything will still be in place when you come back to it.  And if you want to leave things in the hands of the pros, do it!  I gave specific detail for my bouquet and the Mister's bout.  But sent some inspiration pics to the florist for the girls' bouquets and the guys' bouts and said "get close to this on my budget." 

    I am over it as well but more so because we are SO CLOSE and I am just ready for it to all come together and be a Mrs. already!  And to stop the family drama but that's for another thread ;)

     
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    michelle86    April 17, 2010   Saint Paul, Minnesota

    I agree with Champagne Wishes.  Make sure you have a checklist of everything you have left to do and just take a week off from it.  You still have plenty of time left and taking a break will help get you your second wind.  After my invitations went out, I set my list aside and just enjoyed my free time for a week or so.  When I had time, I'd do one or two things off my checklist and not worry about anything else.  It helped ease the pressure and I actually got to the point of thinking that I had more to do but I had nothing left on my list so I knew I was done until the couple days before the wedding.

     
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    ladyox    May 16, 2010  

    Completely over it!  We are less than three weeks away and I CANNOT WAIT to just have the damn wedding and move on with my life :) 

    Hang in there and when it gets rough, just sit back and go to a happy wedding place - picture that moment when you are at the reception, champagne in hand, surrounded by happy smiling faces, tummy full of delicious food and your favorite dance tunes playing...and YOUR HUSBAND by your side!

    When I can get my head to that place I find a little more patience and energy for everything that has to get done between here and there!

    Good luck!! 

     
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    meliss    May 31, 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    YES! Four weeks away and I'm so ready to be done. But that was mainly because my dress drama went on a lot longer than it should've, I mucked that up royally and I still don't have a dress ready. If I hadn't spent my last few weeks running around like a chicken with its head cut off between bridal salons and alterations; I would've had a lot more time for other things and probably enjoyed it a lot more. When this is all said and done I don't ever want to see a wedding dress again. I don't know if I'll even be able to look at WB anymore, I feel so sick and defeated by the whole thing.

     
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    rachel077    October 16, 2010  

    Ha, I still have 5 months to go and I'm sick of planning!  I'm so indecisive and worry that I've made the wrong decisions on flowers, colors, dresses, etc.  I'm sick of fretting over every little thing.  And tired of fielding questions from my parents and arguing over guest lists.  I just want the day to come so I can (hopefully) enjoy it!  Personally I think whoever said wedding planning was fun was on crack! 

     
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    future mrs kirsch    July 24, 2010   Ferndale, MI

    Yes.Yes. Yes! Especially the mundane stuff like booking blocks of hotel rooms. I feel like I have so much to do still and I don't want to do it, I just want it done.

     
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    Mrs. Louboutin    July 2010  

    I'm so glad I'm not alone!  I was starting to think that maybe this is a bad sign or something. 

    I do love that we are starting to get gifts a few times a week, but other than that, I'm sooo over it! 

    Can't this day just come already!!

    I have a new respect for all brides.  I had no idea what kind of work went into these weddings.

     
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    caszos    June 2010   Florida

    OMG I am so over all of this as well.  I am happy that invites are out, vendors are booked etc.  On one hand I feel like we could have the wedding tomorrow and we probably would be fine (enough stuff is completed).  However, then I think about the to-do list and its ABSURD how many little things still need to be accomplished. 

     
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    hrev2010    July 10, 2010   Des Moines, IA

    Date Twin!! I feel your pain! I don't have a single free weekend until the wedding and it's stressing me out. I've handled all the big things but the little details have me freaking out and I can't wait to get this wedding over with so I can enjoy life with FI.  I'm also moving in June so dealing with packing, cleaning, etc isn't fun either.

     
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    msmonicka    June 19, 2010   Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    I FEEL THE SAME WAY!!!!

    I just wanna go on my friggin honeymoon already!!

     
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    tammyt112    May 29, 2010  

    Yes!!! We are 25 days away and I feel like its going by so slow, everything is ready to go especially the drama! We dream every night about our honeymoon, when all this is over we can finally start our new lives together!

     
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    farmersdaughter    June 26, 2010  

    I feel this way too. We spent hours working on our programs on Sunday and at one point, my FI paused and was like "hey, what would we be doing right now if the wedding wasn't 2 months away?" We'd probably be out camping and enjoying the beautiful weather, or taking our dog to the beach, or having brunch with friends....but no, we're formatting documents and fighting with our printer and tying ribbons.

    I agree it'll be worth it, but you're totally right - at this point in the game, its really really easy to loose sight of that!

     
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    Hello Date Twin!!  I'm so ready to be married and I'm so tired of wedding planning taking over my life.  I'd like my free time back.  FI and I talk about "after the wedding, when we have free time again, lets do xyz fun activity."

    I'd like to stop stressing about getting my dress fitted and losing weight.  I'm tired of having a to do list a zillion miles long and stressing because I'm running out of time to get everything done.  I'm tired of every other conversation with FI being about our gigantic to do list.  UGH! 

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    Oh man. I've got 5 1/2 months still and I feel like you do. I just want to get it over with. God forbid, if I ever get married again.... we're going to Vegas or the courthouse. I will never plan another wedding.

     
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    domestic_cat    June 9, 2010   Scotland

    Yep I'm there too.  I just want to focus on our relationship and enjoy my husband.  Looking forward to our honey moon when I get him all to myself, feel like we've been surrounded by loads of people for months now and I'm sick of everyones demands and requests.  Not long to go, hang in there :-) x

     
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    gibsonkk    July 17, 2010   Columbus, Ohio

    I'm there too!

    I just want our regular life back! haha Instead of day dreaming about the wedding, we're day dreaming about a week of just regular life. Hanging out, sitting in the backyard with a glass of wine, not worrying about the sugar in it haha FI is finishging part of our basement so we have some more space for guests when they get here. So its just a lot.

    We can't wait for fall!

    I think I just like to look forward ot the next thing. After spending a year in wedding world, I'm ready for married world.

    I took a week or two off planning (due to work) and it was really nice! Now I'm back and agressively making off the random to-dos still. But I'm super motivated just to get it off the list.

    BUT guess what?? We're getting married SOON!! (kinda) haha

     
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    hermitcrab    June 2010   NYC

    I agree with @champagne too - say to yourself, I am not doing wedding planning this week.  If someone calls or emails, I will get back to them on Monday.  Allow yourself to just be engaged this week, and hopefully you will be recharged next week.  I totally understand what you're feeling but all the sudden with just about a month to go, it's really exciting and time to get things done!

     
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    Melissabegins    December 12, 2009  

    ah, they're professionals - send them a check and let them work their magic :) You just enjoy these last few months and the wedding receptions and open bars in your future :)

     
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    starr_bee    June 20, 2010  

    Heh, I'm starting to feel this way too.  I told FI last week that I quit and he had to take over, so clearly I've taken a bit of a break.  I'll probably get back to it soon, but I want to be done most things a week or two early so I can relax for a week.  I'm dreaming, I know.

     
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    Mrs. Louboutin    July 2010  

    A couple nights ago, I came home after dealing with all sorts of wedding related issues with my mom and literally walked into the house and screamed at the top of my lungs before bursting into tears.  I'm seriuosly turning into a raving lunetic.  This isn't my personality at all. 

    Two more months... two more months..

     
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    dmp777    July 10, 2010   NJ

    I feel 100% the same way as you do!! and we have the same date! lol...maybe it's our date that makes us this way but I am so done with all the planning and family drama and all the little details! I just want it to be done and here already. it's exhausting and we still have alot to do :(

     
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    ZoeKat    July 2010  

    I feel the same way, Mrs. Loub. I'm so tired of planning. The big things left on my list are making place cards, menu cards, programs, those little paper details that surprise you at the end. I have been daydreaming about eloping for months! I just want to be married already and go on our honeymoon. I even called him my husband the other day, it just slipped out! But I know that both of us have always wanted our wedding to be a big party with all of our family and friends. We would regret it if we gave in to our daydream and just ran off somewhere to elope on a random Thursday. Ahhh 19 months is a long time to be planning a wedding!

    I do think I'll get a second wind once RSVP cards start coming back. It'll be great to get excited about who's coming (and to be honest, who ISN'T coming).

    I get really fired up when people ask me how my planning is going and if I'm getting excited, nervous, etc. It's the same people who have been asking me for 19 months.

     

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